Chapter 696: Mo Babe
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
Ye Mo didn't care much about the soldiers. However, if he caused trouble and Jie Xun found out where he was and sent some great heaven masters after him, he wouldn't be able to get away in his current state. Even at his best, he wouldn't be able to defeat a few great heaven masters together before he reached the tertiary stage of chi gathering.
Thinking about this, Ye Mo couldn't stay calm anymore. He wanted to go back to the Yu estate but he knew that if Jie Xun was searching for him, he would be found even if he went back there.
Thinking about this, Ye Mo immediately wanted to go into the restaurant hotel. Instead of going back to the Yu family, he might as well run away like this. Luckily, he had gone out today, or he wouldn't even know how he died otherwise.
Ye Mo just wanted to go into the restaurant when a woman with hair covering her face ran towards him. He was shook and was about to use his flying sword, but he immediately noticed that the woman didn't have any killing intent. And there were soldiers around, so if he attacked, people would notice him immediately.
Thinking about this, Ye Mo stopped and let the woman grab his arm. At the same time, Ye Mo scanned the woman with his spirit sense. She was younger than thirty, and there was some ash covering her face and neck. This was an ordinary woman, who was weak due to malnutrition.
Her hands were coarse, and it was obvious she was a farmer. However, despite her clothes being covered in dirt, she didn't have any bad smell. Instead, he could feel a faint body aroma. She might've put the ash on herself on purpose.
"Mo, babe, don't you want me? Why don't you com back? Mo, babe!" The woman grabbed Ye Mo and started crying.
Her face looked truly sad and soon, her tears wet her clothes.
Ye Mo's face didn't change at all. Did this woman recognize the wrong person? That was impossible, his face was all ruined - there was no way some random "Mo babe's" face would also be ruined.
How did this woman know his name was Mo? Only the Yu family cart squad knew his name was Mo.
Did someone send this woman to test him or was there some scheme? That wasn't it, right? He had just been there for three days, he didn't have any enemies other than Jie Xun. As for Jie Xun, she wouldn't do this, she would just attack him.
Most importantly, from her tone, Ye Mo knew that she was really anguished to the extreme.
Ye Mo scanned his spirit sense out, he wanted to know who set this up. He didn't believe that he looked exactly the same as this woman's Mo babe.
The people on the streets quickly guessed what was going on. That man must've looked down on his wife after entering the Yu estate, and so he abandoned her. Now, his wife came to find him in Ci Xi Town.
Being a servant of the Yu estate was much better than a farmer.
Everyone shook their heads. Although they disapproved of Ye Mo's actions, no one would say anything to a servant of the Yu family.
Ye Mo scanned around and didn't find anything out of the ordinary. But when he saw the soldiers, he suddenly had a good idea.
He patted the woman pulling his shoulders, "Is there no more rice in the family?"
"En." The woman nodded as her stomach grumbled. It was obvious she hadn't eaten for a long time.
"I just joined the Yu estate, so let's go in and eat something and then talk when we get back." Then, Ye Mo pulled the woman into the restaurant.
The onlookers saw Ye Mo get back with his wife, and they all clapped. But in one corner of the street, a triangular-eyed man looked hatefully at Ye Mo and sneered.
"Big Brother," the waiter saw Ye Mo bring his wife in and quickly came to greet them.
Ye Mo said, "Get me a quiet room, we haven't seen each other for a long time. We need to talk, bring your best food and wine."
"No problem!" The waiter was quick to act.
But Ye Mo noticed that the woman's eyes were a little worried, and he began to suspect her. Did she knew that he wasn't that Mo babe of hers or not?
After the waiter left, Ye Mo looked at the girl and asked, "Something happened to me, so I lost a lot of memories. Am I really your Mo babe? Or did you remember wrongly?"
The woman looked worried, and just when she wanted to talk, the doors were opened, and the waiter brought in a jug of tea. The triangular-eyed man looked into the door. When he saw Ye Mo and that woman, he left casually.
The woman saw the man and was clearly shook. She immediately said, "Yes, I wouldn't remember wrongly. You're my Mo babe. Three years ago, you said you were going out to do business, but you never came back. Today I came to the town and happened to meet you. I wouldn't, wouldn't have looked-"
The woman couldn't even keep talking anymore as her teeth started chattering.
Ye Mo understood that that should be related to that man. But at least now, he had gotten another identity. If this woman firmly stood by him as his wife, then he would be able to leave the town with her.
Ye Mo nodded calmly, "I said I lost my memories, so I can't remember a lot of things from before. Tell me a bit more. I feel you're right too, but my memories are really a blur."
Ye Mo's tone was calm, and the woman gradually calmed down. She cleared her thoughts and recounted.
She was called Mu Xiaoyun. Three years ago, her home town experienced a big calamity. Starvation and chaos separated her from all her family. But before she was about to die, she was taken in by an aunty from her husband's side. Their family also fell victim to the calamity, so the family left their town and came to Huang Ping Village.
By the time they did, due to the spreading of starvation and plagues, only her grandma and husband Mo Youshen remained. Mo Youshen was a scholar, but due to the hunger and destitution, he could no longer stay in the family, so he left three years ago.
Ye Mo found out about this man who had abandoned even his mom, much less his fiancée.
She was left to take care of the mother, but her mother-in-law always said her son must have died, and that it was due to her holding him back, so she always beat and cursed at Mu Xiaoyun. However, since Mu Xiaoyun felt that her life had been saved by the in-law family, she kept looking after her mother-in-law until she died not too long ago.
Looking at the crying Mu Xiaoyun, although he wasn't too sure if she had really recognized him as her husband, he could feel how bitter her life had been and that she didn't even long after this husband too much.
Probably, when she left the village after her mother-in-law died, she must have been hunted by that man.
She came to him possibly due to two reasons. One reason could be that he really looked like that Mo babe of hers. Another was that he was wearing the Yu family servant clothes, so he wouldn't fear that triangular-eyed man.
If it was the second reason, then she thought she could run if she just scared the triangular-eyed man away. But what she didn't predict was that the triangular-eyed man would follow them to the restaurant hotel instead.
After guessing this much, Ye Mo wouldn't ask how she had recognized him. This identity just fell from the sky for free, after all.
He patted his head and said, "Oh, so I'm Mo Youshen! Sigh, when I left to do business, I was smacked in the head and lost a lot of memories. Xiaoyun, it's been really hard on you these few years. Don't worry, when I quit my job at the Yu family, I will go back with you immediately."
Chapter 697: Checking identity
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
Hearing that Ye Mo would be going back with her, Mu Xiaoyun got worried. She quickly waved her hand, "Mo dear, you don't need to go back. It's hard to find a job like that, so I'll just come to visit you. You can stay here, and I'll go back myself. I'll come visit you later."
Looking at Mu Xiaoyun's expression, Ye Mo got confused. So did she really think he was her husband? At that moment, the waiter brought the food over.
He was just using her anyways, and besides, she seemed like a decent person, so Ye Mo would give her some wealth before he left.
He might not have any coins, but he had a few hundred tonnes of gold.
Mu Xiaoyun's eyes opened wide when she looked at the table of food. Ye Mo knew that she must be very hungry, so he picked up some chopsticks and said, "Let's dig in, we can talk as we eat."
Mu Xiaoyun didn't pick up her chopsticks but said after staring for a long time, "Mo dear, isn't this table of food worth a lot of money? Are we being too wasteful?"
Ye Mo didn't expect her to be thinking about that now and coughed, "Um, I've earned quite some money these years, so don't worry, eat all you like."
Seeing that Ye Mo really didn't mind, Mu Xiaoyun carefully picked up her chopsticks and started eating.
At first, the dinner was very quiet. Ye Mo didn't know what Mu Xiaoyun's plans were, and he didn't want to expose himself by talking too much, so he rarely spoke. Mu Xiaoyun didn't speak at all. She would wait after Ye Mo ate every dish before eating it herself. She seemed very tense and nervous.
Ye Mo was soon full. Although Mu Xiaoyun ate quite well too, there were many leftovers.
As Ye Mo scanned his spirit sense out, he noticed there were more and more soldiers. Many people wanting to go out of town were stopped. It was obvious he would have no way of going out today.
"Let's go." Ye Mo stood up. He wanted to take Mu Xiaoyun back to the Yu estate.
Mu Xiaoyun looked at the leftovers and hesitated for a long time before asking, "Should we take back the leftovers?"
Ye Mo thought, 'If Mu Xiaoyun were really just using me, she wouldn't ask about such a thing. She would just find an opportunity to run.'
Suddenly, the doors opened, and another man in Yu estate manager clothing appeared at the door. He saw Ye Mo and Mu Xiaoyun and breathed easy, "Mo Ying, luckily you're here, I've been looking for you. Young Miss wants to see you, but she couldn't find you."
Ye Mo just wanted to go to the Yu estate anyway, so he quickly said, "Oh, then I'll go back immediately. I just ate here. You can pay for the food first, I'll be going ahead. Xiaoyun lets go."
Then, Ye Mo pulled Mu Xiaoyun out before the man could react. When he realized what was going on, the man saw the waiter waiting for him to pay.
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"Mo dear, why don't I wait for you outside?" Mu Xiaoyun saw the grandiose looking Yu estate and didn't dare go in with Ye Mo.
So Ye Mo pulled her, "Let's go in together, it's dangerous outside now."
Mu Xiaoyun didn't say anything and followed behind Ye Mo carefully.
"Mo Ying, where did you go? Didn't I tell you not to walk around everywhere. The Young Miss took you in to do things for her, not for you to wander around freely!" a servant berated.
Mu Xiaoyun shivered from this.
Ye Mo looked coldly at him and said, "Piss off. I was hired by the Young Miss with a high price. If you dare talk anymore sh*t, I'll kick you out of here."
The servant didn't know Ye Mo yet, so he didn't dare speak anymore. After a while, he said, "The Young Miss told you to go to the guest hall. With that, I've passed the message."
Then the servant quickly turned and left.
Ye Mo's spirit sense scanned into the hall and saw two men wearing official clothing in the middle of recording something. That Young Miss Yu was also inside. Ye Mo immediately understood that they were checking identities.
Thinking about this, Ye Mo pulled Mu Xiaoyun and said, "Xiaoyun, let's go."
Seeing Ye Mo bring back a woman, the Young Miss frowned but soon returned to normal. She looked at Ye Mo and said, "Mo Ying, these two officials have some questions to ask you. You need to answer honestly."
When Ye Mo saw the red-clothed man, he knew he was in danger. The man had earth level peak power. It would be very hard for Ye Mo to escape now if he blew his cover."
The red-clothed man asked Ye Mo, "What's your name? Where do you come from? What do you do?"
"My original name is Mo Yousheng, and due to a disaster in my hometown, I fled to Huang Ping Village three years ago. However, because there was nothing to eat in the house, I changed my name to Mo Ying and went out to do business. Just as I came back, I was robbed by bandits. Soon after, I was saved by Young Miss Yu on the road, and so I have become a servant of the Yu estate now. I lost my money and face too, so I was too ashamed to go back to see my family. I didn't expect my wife to come find me here in Ci Xi Town." Ye Mo's reply was simple but didn't have any real content.
Before the red-clothed man could say anything, Young Miss Yu added, "I met Mo Ying at Hang Shui half a year ago, his business was going well, but- Sigh-"
Ye Mo didn't know why this woman helped him, and he didn't know where Hang Shui was either, but he wasn't going to point that out.
Mu Xiaoyun was confused. She was sure Ye Mo must have lied at least once, but she wouldn't blow his cover no matter what.
"Oh, what's your wife called?" the red-clothed man asked expressionlessly.
"Mu Xiaoyun," Ye Mo replied.
"Search 'Mu Xiaoyun', and get me a drawing of Mu Xiaoyun and Mo Yousheng," the red-clothed man ordered.
"Yes!" The man on the side went out and carried back many stacks of books.
Ye Mo was shook. How was he going to pretend he was Mo Yousheng now? There were paintings of them!
Ye Mo thought rapidly. What if they found out he wasn't Mo Yousheng? It was impossible to fly away, but if he couldn't do that, that earth level peak would be quite heavy for him to take on.
If he was lucky, he would maybe manage to run out of the town, but what then? The identity system here was clearly strict. Even if he left the town, where would he go? Deep in the woods? Even if he did, it would probably be hard for him to escape.
If that really happened, he could only run and leave Mu Xiaoyun behind.
It didn't take long for the book and their paintings to be found.
The red-clothed man looked at the painting and nodded, "Put it away."
Ye Mo was shook because his spirit sense had picked up that the man on the painting looked around 80% like him.
If his face wasn't so ruined, perhaps it would be easy to tell he wasn't Mo Yousheng, but with the injuries the differences were destroyed.
No wonder Mu Xiaoyun thought he was her husband!
Ye Mo heaved a sigh of relief, and he received a white card indicating that he had been checked.
Young Miss Yu glanced at Ye Mo and Mu Xiaoyun and said plainly, "Go down to rest. I will see you tomorrow."
A maid took Mu Xiaoyun to shower. Although Mu Xiaoyun said she didn't want to go, Ye Mo felt that she actually did.
When she came back, Ye Mo found that Mu Xiaoyun was actually prettier than that Young Miss Yu! With her tattered clothes and dirt covering her face, Ye Mo hadn't given her too much attention, but when she was washed clean, although her hands were still coarse, her face was very pretty, and the chest she had constrained before now filled up her clothes like two fat rabbits.
Chapter 698: Woman Who Needs to Sleep with Someone
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
Mu Xiaoyun had washed up, but she hadn't changed into new clothes. She was still wearing her old clothes with many patches here and there. Yet the coarse dress she had on was like the dress of a goddess showcasing her beauty.
The first thing Ye Mo thought about was Luo Ying. When he saw Luo Ying wearing a coarse dress in that house back then, she also seemed like a goddess.
Although Mu Xiaoyun wasn't as pretty as Luo Ying, she made Ye Mo think of Luo Ying. His eyes were full of longing, and he decided he should go back and reunite with them as early as possible.
Mu Xiaoyun saw Ye Mo's eyes soften down and have a look of longing. She immediately looked happy and surprised. She was just a village woman, but she could read the emotions in Ye Mo's eyes.
But soon, a woman's sensitivity made her realize that her Mo babe wasn't longing for her. Although he was looking at her, his eyes weren't focused on her. It was clear he was thinking about another woman.
Mu Xiaoyun looked down with a sliver of despair flashing across her eyes. She was a traditional woman, and although her mother-in-law and husband weren't nice to her, she still didn't think of running away.
After a long while, Ye Mo came back to his senses and looked at Mu Xiaoyun with a frown.
He didn't ask her where the blood gash on her neck came from. After all, he wasn't her real husband. Still, although she recognized him wrongly, he would still tell her when he left.
What made Ye Mo feel strange was that she didn't change into the new clothes. But Ye Mo didn't ask, he wasn't very curious. She had her reasons for not changing, he didn't need to ask.
"Mo babe, I- I-" Mu Xiaoyun wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.
Ye Mo smiled, "Sit down first, say what you want. Do you want to go back? If you want to go back that's fine. After a couple of days pass and the security stops being so strict you can go back."
"No," Mu Xiaoyun waved her hand, "I don't dare go back alone, but I don't feel too comfortable living here. After all, after all-"
"Just say what you want to say, no need to hesitate," Ye Mo said.
Mu Xiaoyun quickly said, "This is the Yu estate after all and Mo babe is a part of the Yu estate, but if I also started living here, I don't think the owner would be happy."
Ye Mo understood now. She was scared that his job wasn't stable and that if she stayed there too, people would get jealous and he might lose his job. And although she wanted to leave because of that, she was scared of that triangular-eyed man.
Ye Mo smiled, he couldn't really stay and work at the Yu estate. When these people left, he would leave the Yu estate immediately. He knew that that Young Miss Yu hadn't brought him there to be a servant anyway.
"Don't worry, stay here for now, I will send you back in time." Ye Mo still wanted to say something when Young Miss Yu's personal maid came over.
She stood at the door and look disgustedly at Ye Mo but still said gently, "Mo Ying, our Young Miss invites you over."
Mu Xiaoyun heard this and quickly got up carefully.
Ye Mo smiled to her, "Don't worry, you can wait for me here." Then, he left with the maid.
Mu Xiaoyun looked at Ye Mo leaving and a look of confusion appeared in her eyes. She felt her husband had changed a lot from before.
Her husband used to be very bleak and rarely talked in the past, but now he seemed very open and didn't seem to care about anything.
The main thing was that he lied to at least one person, either her or the red-clothed man.
He told the red-clothed man he lost his money so he was too ashamed to go back, but he told her that he was knocked on the head and lost his memories. And, in the restaurant, he said he earned a lot but now, he said his money was robbed. His stories were contradicting.
Mu Xiaoyun shook her head and sat by the bed. No matter what, she liked the current Mo babe better. Although his face was ruined, it was much better than that bleak face.
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Ye Mo didn't expect for him to be taken to that Young Miss Yu's bedroom. In the olden times, it was inappropriate to do so.
"I'm Yu Yuyan, and I'm sure you're curious why I brought you here, but for now, come, have a drink with me first." Yu Yuyan pointed at the dishes and bottle of wine on the table.
Ye Mo didn't ask anything. Even if she tried to poison him, he wasn't scared, but he was sure she wouldn't.
Seeing that Ye Mo didn't ask anything and sat down to pour himself a cup, Yu Yuyan looked satisfied and raised her cup, "Mo Ying, drink!"
Ye Mo smiled and everytime Yu Yuyan asked to drink, he drank. Soon, one bottle of wine was gone, but Yu Yuyan took out another bottle.
Ye Mo saw this and realized that she wanted to get him drunk. Although he didn't know why she was doing this, Ye Mo started to slur his speech.
At this moment, Ye Mo utilized the opportunity to ask about the Shang Qing Mountain and Qian Kun Sect.
Yu Yuyan had a sliver of contempt and disgust in her eyes, but she still replied smilingly, "Shang Qing Mountain is a subordinate sect of the Qian Kun Sect. Shang Qing Sect's core disciples are people even the Lian Hua City Lord wouldn't dare to offend."
Ye Mo was shook. He thought of the Luo sisters. Luo Fei had never mentioned that they had such a high status in the inner hidden sects. What Ye Mo didn't know was that these important sect members spent most of their time in cultivation and rarely came to the outside world to show off.
"So since you're about to enter Shang Qing Mountain, your status must be very high!" Ye Mo asked.
Yu Yuyan looked pridefully and said, "Although that is the case, I'm still only an outer sect disciple for now. But with my talent, it's only a matter of time before I enter the inner sect."
"Is it very hard to join them? Then wouldn't it be even harder to join Taiyi? Do you know where Taiyi is?" Ye Mo immediately asked.
Yu Yuyan got even more contemptuous - Ye Mo wanted to join Taiyi? Who did he think he was?
But Yu Yuyan still replied, "Every three years, the big sects take in disciples. Unless you become a member of the hidden sects, you will never know where it is. No disciples dare to reveal the location of the sect or they would be killed. Of course if you want to join the selection, in the beginning of next month at Hang Shui City is where they will be taking in disciples."
Ye Mo looked strangely at her, "Since the selection process hasn't begun yet, how come you're already an outer sect member?"
"Because I have an outer sect member spot card, I don't need to go to the selection. I can just enter just like that," Yu Yuyan said as she poured Ye Mo some wine again.
After that, Ye Mo realized that she probably didn't know much more. He started to act drunk.
"Mo Ying, I've had a good impression of you ever since I first saw you, and I believe this is love on first sight. Don't you think so too? Tonight, I'll sleep with you," seeing that Ye Mo was drunk enough, Yu Yuyan whispered into Ye Mo's ears gently.
Ye Mo sneered. But he really didn't expect that after he collapsed onto the table, she would carry him to her bed and start undressing him.
When she had taken off everything except for his underwear, Ye Mo felt creeped out. If she was going to take off his undies too then he would stop her even if it meant exposing himself.
Luckily, the woman didn't do that and just pressed Ye Mo's sturdy chest as she murmured to herself, "Is every man's chest this sturdy?"
She blushed and started undressing herself too.